There are many reasons you should be using a child theme when working with a premium WordPress theme that you want to alter. Professional WordPress developers will always use a child theme when customizing an existing theme. Inexperienced developers will make changes directly on a premium theme. This has some negative consequences. If you’re already […]
Using A Child Theme In WordPress Development
Does Valid HTML Affect SEO?
Search engine optimization is far from an exact science. Search results are a constantly moving target. Google says there are over 200 factors that go into their current algorithm. Today, let’s address one question that comes up from time to time. Does valid HTML really affect SEO? The Truth About Validation and SEO Search engines […]
Responsive YouTube Videos in WordPress
Mobile web usage has now exceeded desktop web usage, so it’s important to make sure your YouTube videos are as mobile-friendly. Since YouTube and other video services give you an embed code with a declared height and width, the video often goes right off the page on smartphones. That’s not the type of experience you […]
Adding Print Style Sheets
Print styles today an oft-neglected piece of web design. As web designers, we spend a lot of time thinking about how pages will looks on mobile devices and different sized screens. But many people in offices across the country still rely on printing information for sharing and distribution. Adding print style sheets to your website […]
WordPress: Harder Than You Think
WordPress has a perception problem. Let’s talk candidly about it. My friend Mario recently talked about how expectations don’t meet reality. Another good friend of mine, Morten, wrote about how WordPress is not as easy as it seems. My friend Curtis, who helps WordPress business owners through coaching wrote about how people think WordPress is […]
How To Responsively Rearrange Elements With CSS
Responsive web design presents a number of layout challenges for developers. Sometimes, page content needs to be presented differently on desktop and mobile. If the order needs to be rearranged, what are the options? It helps to remember that page elements are boxes within boxes, inside of a large box, the device window. If there […]
Build A Quiz In PHP: What Metal Band Are You?
In 2013-2014, I had a series of client projects where I needed to build a quiz in PHP. Taking what I learned from that, I designed a quiz of my own, where you answer multiple choice questions and determine what heavy metal band your personality resembles. The subject matter can be changed to whatever your […]
Building a Contact Page In WordPress With Contact Form 7
For most websites, getting users to the contact page is a primary mission. Building a Contact page in WordPress with the Contact Form 7 plugin makes that process easy. Contact Form 7 is the most popular contact form plugin on the WordPress plugin repository, with over 5 million active installations. Today I will show you […]
How To Customize Styles On Livefyre Comments
Livefyre is a commenting system that allows users to leave comments on your website, using their existing social media accounts as a login. Livefyre has two levels of social integration: an enterprise level called StreamHub, and the Free version, which is what we will focus on. The Free version can be embedded via JavaScript, or […]
How To Create A Custom WordPress Login Page
Creating a custom login page for your WordPress site is a small enhancement that makes your site feel unique. This modification won’t make your website rank higher in Google, but your internal team will appreciate the change. Trading in the default white login screen for your brand colors, fonts, background, and logo lets everyone know […]